Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-21
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Emperor William Writes Personal
Letter TO the Pope, Thanking Him
for His Electi0neering.
A Subsidence of War Rumors as the Ger
man Elections Approach-Cardinal
Gibbons at Rome.
Germany.
THE COMING ELECTION.

THE COMING ELECTION.
BERLIN, Feb. 90 L There is q pause in
the intensity of the electoral conflict
pending Mondays polling. Committees
everywhere continue active but there is
momentary lull in public agitation. There
is also significant subsistence in war
rumors. The opposition say it is because
the government no longer considers such
course necessary to excite cleo
torates. Although official circles are
sure of victory they are much
less confident that their majority will be
large. Their most sanguine estimates in
crease the number of Conservatives from
seyenty-eight to eighty-siX, and the Ma
tioual- Liberals from fifty to sixty, and re-
duce the Freisinnigen from siXty-seven to
tifty, leaving the other sections about the
same as before. The Septenrate ma lor-
ity is dependent upon the split in the Cen
ter party, in which it is calculated there
are siyty-nine Triennists against
thirty Septennists. If this estl-
mate is realized and the government
fails 10 obt3in submissive majority for
all its purposes the new ReiChstag will
vote for the military bill, but will be
equally as ready as was the last Reich
stag to resist the BismarCkian preference
for securing permanent supplies. Inc
Socialists hope to return thirty-tour can
didates, an increase of ten over their
NUMBER in the last Reichstag. Inc
Progressists are the only party with
moderate expectations. They will be
pratjfed il they retain their former force.
The results of the elections will be known
definitely Tuesday night. 1t Is reported
that Prince Bismarck desires to cOnVoke
the Reichstag February % and will de-
mand urgency for the military bill.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
RERLIS. Feb. 20 -The ministerial or
der issued yesterday relative to the call
inc out of army recruits for l687'SS pro-
yides that the men who receive permls-
sion to discontinue active service anC
enter the reserves will be dismissed at
the latest on September 50, while be-
tween November and new infantry
recruits will enter the ranks for army
drill.
The search of houses in Alsece and
Lorraine for suspected adherents OF the
French Patriotic League still continue
and numerous persons have been ar
rested. including several prominent
manufacturers of Mulhausen ana mer-
chants of Strasburg. A journal OF Al
SAGE says no discriminating documents
have been found, but that the order OF
the chief procurator sending number Of
prisoners to Leipsic for trial, charged
with high treason, is based uoon evidence
obtained from the police lists, on mem
beers of the League from orders issued by
the Alsatiau committee and from other
papers. ..,;..
a conference OF the railway military
commission on mobilization has peen
held at Weisbaden, which was attended
by delegates from all the German raH-
WAYS and numerous army officers. Ex-
haustive arrangements for scheme OF
transit were completed. Absolute secrecy
is maintained regarding the plans formed.
1t is reported that the Emperor william
has sent an autograph letter to the FGpe
thanking him for his Intervention IN favor
of the Septennate.